Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India

by: Jerdon, T. C. (Thomas Claverhill), 1811-1872; Kistnarajoo, C. V., lithographer; R. E. B., lithographer; Leonard, lithographer; Miller, lithographer; Linn, lithographer; Hunt, Phineas R., 1816-1878, printer; American Mission Press (Madras, India), printer; Reeve Brothers, printer of plates

Publication date: 1847

Topics: Birds, Birds

Publisher: Madras : Printed by P.R. Hunt, American Mission Press

Collection: biodiversity

Digitizing sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

Contributor: Smithsonian Libraries

Language: English

Plates variously signed: Printed by Litho. C.V. Kistnarajoo; R.E.B. lith.; Leonard Lith.; Miller Lith; Prel. lith Linn imp.; Reeve Brothers; Reeve (London) imp

Originally published in four numbers, 1843-1847

Plates XXVIII and XXXIV have captions printed on cancel slips; plates XL, XLIX and L have plate numbers printed on cancel slips

Plates are hand-colored

There was also an octavo issue, described in J. Anker, Bird books and Nissen, Illustrierten Vogelbücher

Zimmer, J.T. Ayer Lib.

SCNHRB copy (39088015053234) half bound in purple leather and marbled paper boards, title in gilt on spine within decorative bands, sprinkled edges

Addeddate: 2011-11-09 19:15:49

Associated-names: Kistnarajoo, C. V., lithographer; R. E. B., lithographer; Leonard, lithographer; Miller, lithographer; Linn, lithographer; Hunt, Phineas R., 1816-1878, printer; American Mission Press (Madras, India), printer; Reeve Brothers, printer of plates

Call number: 39088015053234

Camera: Canon 5D

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:1046589803

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Identifier-bib: 39088015053234

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Openlibrary_edition: OL17894682M

Openlibrary_work: OL5344159W

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This book is available with additional data at Biodiversity Heritage Library.

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Reviewer: shyamal - - December 2, 2011
Subject: Amazing historic work

This is one of Jerdon's historical ornithology works. Many of the paintings were apparently made by Indian artists. Some of these were traditional experts in talc painting from Trichy who were trained to produce natural history illustrations for Jerdon. In some of the cases, the background of the paintings, branches were added by a Captain S. Best of the Madras Engineers.

Elliot, W. (1873). "Memoir of Dr T. C. Jerdon". Hist. Berwickshire Nat. Cl. 7: 143–151.

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